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The Junior Developer Is Going Extinct (dev.to)
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AI coding tools are replacing entry-level programming jobs faster than anyone predicted. The traditional path from junior to senior developer is collapsing, and the consequences for the entire industry could be devastating. If you mentor juniors or hire them, this one hits different.

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[-] Bob_Robertson_IX@discuss.tchncs.de 13 points 5 days ago

What I've been seeing is the opposite: companies are replacing most senior devs with junior prompters. At least 3 places where I have friends working have let go several of their more expensive senior developers and replaced them with cheaper junior developers who can use AI.

[-] belated_frog_pants@beehaw.org 6 points 5 days ago

The price to pay is already happening with companies having more and more outages so

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